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Ethiopia tried to limit rare UN report on Tigray war abuses
World
November 2, 2021
Ethiopia tried to limit rare UN report on Tigray war abuses
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The findings of the only human rights investigation allowed in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region will be…
Ethiopia government says Tigray forces killed 100 youths in key town
World
November 1, 2021
Ethiopia government says Tigray forces killed 100 youths in key town
NAIROBI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – The Ethiopian government accused rebellious Tigrayan forces on Monday of killing 100 youths in the…
Tigrayan forces say they have taken town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, government denies this
World
October 30, 2021
Tigrayan forces say they have taken town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, government denies this
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Rebellious Tigrayan forces said on Saturday they had seized the strategic town of Dessie…
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal – WHO expert
World
October 27, 2021
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal – WHO expert
GENEVA, Oct 27 (Reuters) – More women have reported sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers during an Ebola crisis…
Deadly blast in Ugandan capital ‘seems to be a terrorist act’ – president
World
October 24, 2021
Deadly blast in Ugandan capital ‘seems to be a terrorist act’ – president
Oct 24 (Reuters) – A deadly blast in Kampala late on Saturday appeared to be an act of terrorism, Ugandan…
Ethiopia conducts two air strikes in Tigray
World
October 24, 2021
Ethiopia conducts two air strikes in Tigray
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Ethiopia conducted two air strikes in Tigray on Sunday as the government intensifies a…
African effort to replicate mRNA vaccine targets disparities
Middle East
October 24, 2021
African effort to replicate mRNA vaccine targets disparities
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile…
Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency
World
October 23, 2021
Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps…
Ethiopia fighting intensifies amid air strikes on Tigray and clashes in Amhara
World
October 22, 2021
Ethiopia fighting intensifies amid air strikes on Tigray and clashes in Amhara
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 22 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian government air strike hit a university in the Tigray regional capital on…
In South Sudan, flooding called ‘worst thing in my lifetime’
World
October 22, 2021
In South Sudan, flooding called ‘worst thing in my lifetime’
MALUALKON, South Sudan (AP) — He feels like a man who has drowned. The worst flooding that parts of South…